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noctambulate

/nɒkˈtæm.bjə.leɪt/

noctambulate verb: to sleepwalk.

Verb

noctambulate (third-person singular simple present noctambulates, present participle noctambulating, simple past and past participle noctambulated)

  1. (intransitive) To sleepwalk.
    Synonyms:
    sleepwalk
  2. (intransitive) To walk about at night.

Synonyms of noctambulate

Forms of noctambulate

third-person singular presentnoctambulates
present participlenoctambulating
past participlenoctambulated
pastnoctambulated

Origin of noctambulate

First attested in 1955; back-formation from noctambulation (1721) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix); compare French noctambuler (1866).

Questions about noctambulate

What does noctambulate mean?
Noctambulate means to sleepwalk.
What part of speech is noctambulate?
Noctambulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce noctambulate?
Noctambulate is pronounced /nɒkˈtæm.bjə.leɪt/.
What is the past tense of noctambulate?
The past tense of noctambulate is noctambulated.

Words near noctambulate in the dictionary

  1. nocosomial
  2. Nocrich
  3. NOCs
  4. noct-
  5. noctambulant
  6. noctambulate
  7. noctambulation
  8. noctambulations
  9. noctambule
  10. noctambules
  11. noctambulic

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